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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

The 2020 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now available for free download and public use. You care about this because the NGBS is the most used green building standard in the United States. And yes, that is more domestic certifications than LEED and Green Globes combined.

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ICC 700 Residential Green Certifications Will More Than Double in 2014

Green Building Law Update

Today there are 29,724 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard certified homes and lots. As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments across the country are evaluating adopting mandates or incentives tied to ICC 700.

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Preparations Begin for the 2024 National Green Building Standard Update

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Preparations Begin for the 2024 National Green Building Standard Update. Home Innovations Research Labs is kicking off preparations for its newest changes to the 2020 National Green Building Standard. Tue, 03/22/2022 - 10:29. Government + Policy. Housing Policy + Finance. Codes + Standards. Government + Policy.

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Deadline to Propose Changes to National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

Development of the 2018 version of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now underway. The 2018 version of the NGBS will be the fourth iteration of this national residential standard. Participating in this development process is hugely significant because as of this date there are 98,120 NGBS Green Certified Homes!

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2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems

Green Building Law Update

2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. IgCC, ICC 700, Green Globes and. Earlier versions of these green building standards, codes and rating systems were largely written in silos by partisans. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, and abroad.

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You Can Participate in Updating the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

With nearly 128 million residential housing units existed in the U.S., if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include houses. The ICC 700 applies to the design and construction of the housing units, including the residential portions of buildings.

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Los Angeles luxury high-rise is first U.S. apartment building to achieve WELL Multifamily certification

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to achieve WELL Multifamily Residential Certification under the WELL Building Standard. Hollywood Proper Residences feature a suite of innovative filtration media that create performance-verified indoor air quality and performance-verified water quality.